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Joanot Martorell (1410–1465)

Author of Tirant Lo Blanc

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Works by Joanot Martorell

Tirant Lo Blanc (1490) 742 copies
Tirant lo Blanc II (1490) 71 copies
Tirant lo Blanc I (1983) 67 copies
Tirant lo Blanc (1989) 56 copies
TIRANT LO BLANC (2007) 22 copies
Tirant el Blanc (1995) 14 copies
Tirant lo Blanc (2021) 9 copies
Tirant lo Blanc III (1926) — Author — 6 copies
Tirant lo Blanc V (1926) 5 copies
Tirant lo Blanc IV (1989) 4 copies
Tirant lo Blanc; I — Author — 3 copies
Tirante el Blanco IV (1974) 3 copies
Tirant lo Blanc (micalet) (1990) 2 copies
Tirante el Blanco. 4 (1974) 1 copy
Tirante el Blanco. 1 (1974) 1 copy
tirant_lo_blanc (2004) 1 copy

Associated Works

Tirant lo Blanc [graphic novel] (2019) — original author — 6 copies

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Birthdate
1413
Date of death
1468
Gender
male
Nationality
Spain
Country (for map)
Valencia
Birthplace
Gandia, Valencia, Spain

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Originally written in Catalan. The text is in English. the format provides a window into a
very different style of writing.
 
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Huaquera | 20 other reviews | Dec 18, 2018 |
Tirant lo Blanc is a 15th century novel about a knight from Brittany who travels across Europe fighting the Moors. Because he is the best, most chivalrous, most pious knight in the world, the Emperor of the Byzantine Empire asks him to help defeat the Ottoman Turks as they invade Constantinople. Tirant, of course, not only defeats the invaders, but he convinces the majority of them to convert to Christianity. He also finds the time and energy to fall in love with and court the emperor’s daughter.

Apparently this book is considered important because of its influence on Cervantes. He may have loved it, but I had a hard time getting through it. I don’t know if I had a bad translation or what, but the story was disjointed. The worst part, however, was the characters’ (Tirant’s in particular) attitudes towards others. Most of the book consisted of Christians killing all of the Muslims they encountered. When he wasn’t ridding the earth of heathens, Tirant was trying to rape the emperor’s daughter with the help and approval of her closest friends. If he’s the most chivalrous and pious knight ever, I don’t want to know what the other knights got up to.
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AmandaL. | 20 other reviews | Jan 16, 2016 |
This is a very fun book. It's one of the few medieval romances to deal with masturbation, for instance. The translation produced a great reading experience, and justified the review by Cervantes in "Don Quixote". A knight has a great many adventures, and wins his true love. A great book to read while devouring the Penguin, two volume edition of "the Morte d' Arthur". As far as I know the triumph of Catalan medieval literature.
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DinadansFriend | 20 other reviews | Jan 29, 2014 |
A pillar on the way to the modern novel. Chronic literary freaks should lean on.
 
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hbergander | 20 other reviews | Feb 13, 2011 |

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